And The National Book Award

[Ande]

Also a National Book Award Winner--for youth--but sounds like a new 
generation of Pynchon readers could be expected:

"M.T. Anderson's"The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to 
the Nation, Vol. I,"a multi-formatted epic in 18th century prose, was 
cited for young people's literature."

http://www.amazon.com/Astonishing-Octavian-Nothing-Traitor-Nation/dp/0763624020

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